To reap the benefits of a more structured timetable, companies need to publish (on the sustainability and investor relations pages of their website and on their SRI-CONNECT profile) their intended sustainability reporting timetable and encourage investors and agency analysts to abide by it.
If a critical mass of companies are clear and disciplined about publishing a timetable and encouraging analysts to comply with it, everyone should see the benefit of more organised systematic communications within two full reporting rounds.
FAQ: Should we meet investors during ‘closed period’?
Companies take different views on this point: Some have very strict rules and prohibit any active investor contact during this period; others argue that as SRI investors don’t tend to ask about current trading, it makes sense to schedule SRI investor presentations for the otherwise quiet closed period is a good time. The decision will always be an individual choice by each individual company.
